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Nitro
A city in Kanawha County, West Virginia — population 6,285 as of 2020.
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Today
82°F
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely58% precip
Tonight
68°F
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy21% precip
Saturday
85°F
Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms82% precip
Saturday Night
67°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely64% precip
In and around Nitro
See & do
- Anytime Fitness
- Living Memorial Park
- Nitro Public Library
- Nitro World War I Museum
- Towne 'N Country Lanes
Eat, drink & stay
- 1st Place Nitro Deli & Pub Llc
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Gammy’s Hotel 123 Lots of Love Circle
- Arby's
- Castaways Bar & Grill
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Nitro by the numbers
Population
6,285Population figure, 2020
Households & income
- Area
- 5.32 sq mi (13.77 km²), 0.57 sq mi water
- Median age
- 44.5
- Households
- 2,828
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $53,848
- Median house value
- $128,900
Municipal office
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 308, NITRO, WV 25143